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SynTalk thinks about illusions from an all encompassing (cosmological) perspective. In a sense the conversation ventures into the outer (sun, galaxies, quasars, black holes, WIMPs) and the inner worlds (Brahman, consciousness), while constantly wondering what separates the \u2018real\u2019 from the \u2018illusory\u2019. The concepts are\u200b derived\u200b off / from Vedas, Bhagwad Gita, Marconi, Mach, Einstein, Sri Aurobindo, S Chandrasekhar, Brandon Carter, and Susskind, among others. Do camels see mirages in the desert? How does dark matter and galaxies lead to formation of virtual images? Does a rainbow exist? Why does a sun appear oblate sometimes? How are electrons and humans aware of the rest of the universe (Mach\u2019s principle, anthropic principle), and how does it get its information, habit or lawfulness? Is Maya related to the concept of measurement? \u200bAre (say) Maxwell\u2019s and Newton\u2019s laws \u2018an extremely well worked out myth\u2019? Is there an Absolute Truth? Is time an illusion, and its possible links with \u2018trikal drishti\u2019 (triple time vision) and steady state theory? How Lord Indra created vowels, consonants, and grammar from eternal sound. Is fear like dark matter? How the \u2018concept of truth\u2019 (model making) is different from the truth. The difference between \u2018the truth\u2019 and \u2018my truth\u2019. How can I experience you? Is there a link between empathy and telepathy, and is telepathy possible? How Truth has an asymptotic character. What is Knowledge by Identity? The parable of the larvae and dragonflies (\u201cNot lost but gone before\u201d) and the rumour attributed to a frog. The SynTalkrs are: Prof. S. M. Chitre (astrophysics, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, ex-TIFR, Mumbai), Dr. Matthjis Cornelissen (psychology, Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Pondicherry), & Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik (mythology, writing, Mumbai)